and the waters rolled back

So I'm in a good mood, considering. 3 hours of sleep and hungover, but I had a tasty omelet for breakfast at L cafe with Shana, and everyone was reading the Village Voice, with the huge banner headline superimposed over a shot of the WTC: "THE BASTARDS!"

I can't really get into town to do anything today, and most of the companies I need to woo for jobs and money are down at ground zero, below 14th street which is a crime scene now and all businesses are closed. which is fine too, because I'm not sure I could get out of the city once I got in, I think the bridges up to my parents' house are still closed, and they're calling Manhattan a "walled city."

so, you know. I'll stay in Brooklyn today, figure out what to do with myself. I'll send some pleading job e-mails. I'll check the classifieds, heh, I might have a good shot, if I manage to call the one person who needs to hire someone TODAY when everyone else is stuck with train lines that aren't running. *g*

"life goes on," says mom. "get over it," says dad. "I'm thirsty," says me.

(and of course it's entirely possible I'm too close to it still, and it's too immediate, and all the papers say WAR WAR WAR, but it's still New York and it's still rock'n'roll to me.)

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yeah, nobody's in their offices today. I think I'll go give blood, or try to. I'm O-neg. but I've been to the UK recently and also the tattoos. at the very least, I'll go down there and see if I can help out at all.

I wonder if it's easier to take a train uptown than try to navigate downtown Brooklyn in the aftermath.

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did I mention hungover? Furry eyes, furry tongue, furry brain. I'll just drink more today, and chainsmoke.

did I mention that on the skyline, the world trade towers are not THERE anymore?

There's a 7-hour wait list to give blood.

I wonder what to do today. I'm still thirsty.

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Hey -- how do we know the Pittsburgh plane was en route to Camp David? I mean, how do we know? we got the 911 call but that was just...I can't figure out where that information would have come from. And if we know that, I wonder what else we know.

1 liberty plaza

Well, I'm a little spooked. I took the train in on 14th street but at Union Square the smoke came in -- I was told the winds shifted north and so all the smoke was blowing uptown.

got out of the subway, shared a cab with a guy who works at 1 Liberty Plaza (across the street from WTC #7), who was saying he wants to get down there -- he was talkign about how he had paintings and some personal stuff in his office, his computer, etc, and he wants to get down there once the rescue crews clear out, wants to go into his office and find his stuff.

Except now on the news, they're telling me it looks like 1 Liberty Plaza's going to fall. poor guy, with his paintings, you know?

I can smell the smoke here in Westchester. I'm home with my family. thank god.

some information

bin Laden FAQ

cell phone calls from passengers on the planes

These were some of the things I wanted to know about, anyway. knowledge is power, or something, or at the very least it's something to do.